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<title>Places from Design Observer</title>
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<dc:creator>Design Observer</dc:creator>
<dc:date>2013-06-17T18:42:55-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ University of Toronto: One Spadina Crescent: a new building by NADAAA for the Daniels Faculty at University of Toronto]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A new architecture complex at the University of Toronto, designed by Nader Tehrani and Katie Faulkner of NADAAA]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[A new architecture complex at the University of Toronto, designed by Nader Tehrani and Katie Faulkner of NADAAA]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Richard Ingersoll: Eat the City: The Art of Urban Farming]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Richard Ingersoll makes the case for "civic agriculture" &mdash; for reconceptualizing cities as networks of agricultural zones, from parks to allotments, with the ultimate goal of enriching the public realm.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Richard Ingersoll makes the case for "civic agriculture" &mdash; for reconceptualizing cities as networks of agricultural zones, from parks to allotments, with the ultimate goal of enriching the public realm.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-06-17T12:12:28-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Vishaan Chakrabarti: A Country of Cities: Building Hyperdensity and Civic Delight]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that the hyperdense city is more prosperous, equitable, ecological and delightful &mdash; and vital to America's strength as a nation.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Vishaan Chakrabarti argues that the hyperdense city is more prosperous, equitable, ecological and delightful &mdash; and vital to America's strength as a nation.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-06-13T11:55:49-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Eric W.  Sanderson: Terra Nova: Roads to Rails, and the Streetcar of the Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Eric W. Sanderson lays out his plan for a modern streetcar revival, supported by municipal investment in urban rail.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Eric W. Sanderson lays out his plan for a modern streetcar revival, supported by municipal investment in urban rail.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/roads-to-rails-terra-nova-streetcars/37854/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-06-10T13:01:03-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Terry Evans & Elizabeth Farnsworth: Dakota Is Everywhere: Photos from the Fracking Oil Boom]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow by photographer Terry Evans and essay by journalist Elizabeth Farnsworth, drawn from their exploration of the fracking boom that is transforming the prairie of North Dakota.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow by photographer Terry Evans and essay by journalist Elizabeth Farnsworth, drawn from their exploration of the fracking boom that is transforming the prairie of North Dakota.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/fractured-dakota-oil-boom/37919/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-06-06T12:02:40-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Despina Stratigakos: Unforgetting Women Architects: From the Pritzker to Wikipedia]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Despina Stratigakos looks at the "forgetting" of women architects, from traditional monographs to the Pritzker Prize to Wikipedia &mdash; and proposes a strategy for writing women back into history.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Despina Stratigakos looks at the "forgetting" of women architects, from traditional monographs to the Pritzker Prize to Wikipedia &mdash; and proposes a strategy for writing women back into history.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/unforgetting-women-architects-from-pritzker-to-wikipedia/37912/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-06-03T11:56:54-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawrence Vale & Annemarie Gray: O Decatlo das Remoções: de Atlanta 1996 ao Rio 2016]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Portuguese translation of &ldquo;The Displacement Decathlon,&rdquo; by Lawrence Vale and Annemarie Gray, originally published on Places on April 15, 2013. The authors compare the cases of communities displaced by the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where plans for the 2016 Games are unfolding, and Atlanta, 20 years ago.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[Portuguese translation of &ldquo;The Displacement Decathlon,&rdquo; by Lawrence Vale and Annemarie Gray, originally published on Places on April 15, 2013. The authors compare the cases of communities displaced by the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where plans for the 2016 Games are unfolding, and Atlanta, 20 years ago.]]></media:description>
<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/o-decatlo-das-remocoes/37921/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-31T09:12:46-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Tom Vanderbilt : The City and the Sea: Post-Sandy New York]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Tom Vanderbilt surveys the landscape and politics of New York City after Hurricane Sandy, focusing on both early response and long-range planning.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Tom Vanderbilt surveys the landscape and politics of New York City after Hurricane Sandy, focusing on both early response and long-range planning.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/post-hurricane-sandy-new-york/37908/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-30T11:42:34-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[David Burney & Nancy Levinson: An Interview with David Burney, New York City's Design and Construction Commissioner]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, an interview with New York City Design and Construction Commissioner David Burney, who reflects on the urban design record of the Bloomberg years, the post-Sandy recovery effort, and the rise of the 21st-century city-state.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, an interview with New York City Design and Construction Commissioner David Burney, who reflects on the urban design record of the Bloomberg years, the post-Sandy recovery effort, and the rise of the 21st-century city-state.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/an-interview-with-david-burney/37879/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-28T10:43:03-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomas Locke Hobbs & Aaron Rothman: Barranca: Photographs of Buenos Aires]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a portfolio by the photographer Thomas Locke Hobbs, drawn from his years in Buenos Aires.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a portfolio by the photographer Thomas Locke Hobbs, drawn from his years in Buenos Aires.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/barranca-photographs-of-buenos-aires/37898/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-23T22:28:06-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Daniel A. Barber: The Visualization of Peak Oil and Renewable Energy]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Daniel Barber traces the energy debates back to the postwar era, when leading scientists argued that shifting from fossil fuels to renewables was not just technically feasible but also ethically necessary.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Daniel Barber traces the energy debates back to the postwar era, when leading scientists argued that shifting from fossil fuels to renewables was not just technically feasible but also ethically necessary.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/visualization-of-peak-oil-and-renewable-energy/37863/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-20T12:53:53-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Jim Bassett: “Everyone a Tourist”: On the Photography of Monuments]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow of photographs of the Mayan ruins at Chich&eacute;n&nbsp;Itz&aacute;, by Jim Bassett, contrasts the romantic tradition of travel photography with the realities of mass tourism.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow of photographs of the Mayan ruins at Chich&eacute;n&nbsp;Itz&aacute;, by Jim Bassett, contrasts the romantic tradition of travel photography with the realities of mass tourism.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-05-16T12:02:09-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Belmont Freeman: Digital Deception: Architectural Photography After Photoshop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Belmont Freeman argues it's time to grapple with the artistic and professional consequences &mdash; and ethical dilemmas &mdash; of today's ever more powerful digital rendering technologies.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Belmont Freeman argues it's time to grapple with the artistic and professional consequences &mdash; and ethical dilemmas &mdash; of today's ever more powerful digital rendering technologies.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/digital-deception-architectural-photography-after-photoshop/37838/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-13T11:44:25-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Thomas Jorion & Josh Wallaert: Temple of the Vanities: Photographs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, recent work by photographer Thomas Jorion, documenting defense towers, nuclear reactors, munitions depots and other 20th-century monuments to political and military hubris, now mostly abandoned.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, recent work by photographer Thomas Jorion, documenting defense towers, nuclear reactors, munitions depots and other 20th-century monuments to political and military hubris, now mostly abandoned.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/temple-of-the-vanities-photographs/37878/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-09T12:35:18-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[David Heymann: Please Save Modernism (and the Folk Art Museum) from the Modern]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, David Heymann makes the case for why the Folk Art Museum is a great <em>modernist</em> building &mdash; and why the Museum of Modern Art should reverse its decision to tear it down.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, David Heymann makes the case for why the Folk Art Museum is a great <em>modernist</em> building &mdash; and why the Museum of Modern Art should reverse its decision to tear it down.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/please-save-modernism-and-the-folk-art-museum/37865/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-05-06T12:20:27-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Peter Holzhauer & Aaron Rothman: Expect Everything: Photographs of Los Angeles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow by photographer Peter Holzhauer, of his recent work on Los Angeles, curated by Aaron Rothman.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow by photographer Peter Holzhauer, of his recent work on Los Angeles, curated by Aaron Rothman.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-05-02T12:12:41-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Naomi Stead: Child's Play (a.k.a. Architecture)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Naomi Stead examines the cultural perception of architecture as not simply a creative profession but also a kind of child's play &mdash; an uber-kindergarten legitimated for academic credit and professional reputation.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Naomi Stead examines the cultural perception of architecture as not simply a creative profession but also a kind of child's play &mdash; an uber-kindergarten legitimated for academic credit and professional reputation.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-04-29T12:07:57-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ Georgia Tech: Steve French named dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Architecture]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[After a nationwide search, Georgia Tech has named Professor Steve French as the new dean of the College of Architecture.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[After a nationwide search, Georgia Tech has named Professor Steve French as the new dean of the College of Architecture.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/georgia-techs-college-of-architecture-appoints-new-dean/37856/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-04-26T14:41:20-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Places Editors: In Memoriam: Richard Shepard]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places: In Memoriam, Richard Shepard, 1945 &ndash; 2013]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places: In Memoriam, Richard Shepard, 1945 &ndash; 2013]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-04-24T17:22:35-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Jerry Herron: Motor City Breakdown: Detroit in literature and film]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Jerry Herron looks at the troubled portrait of Detroit &mdash; and its spectacular decline &mdash; in recent books and films.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Jerry Herron looks at the troubled portrait of Detroit &mdash; and its spectacular decline &mdash; in recent books and films.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/motor-city-breakdown-detroit-in-literature-and-film/37840/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-04-23T13:25:36-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dennis DeHart: Confluences: Photographs of the Inland Northwest]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, photographs by Dennis DeHart examine a landscape of contradictions in the Inland Pacific Northwest.]]></description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/confluences-photographs-of-the-inland-northwest/37820/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-04-18T12:53:37-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Lawrence Vale & Annemarie Gray: The Displacement Decathlon: Atlanta 1996 to Rio 2016]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Lawrence Vale and Annemarie Gray compare the cases of communities displaced by the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where plans for the 2016 Games are unfolding, and Atlanta, 20 years ago.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Lawrence Vale and Annemarie Gray compare the cases of communities displaced by the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where plans for the 2016 Games are unfolding, and Atlanta, 20 years ago.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/displacement-decathlon-atlanta-rio-olympics/37816/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-04-15T13:27:25-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Phyllis Lambert: Seagram: Union of Building and Landscape]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Phyllis Lambert explores the evolution of the Seagram Building, focusing on Mies van der Rohe's profound concern for the relationship between building and nature.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Phyllis Lambert explores the evolution of the Seagram Building, focusing on Mies van der Rohe's profound concern for the relationship between building and nature.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/seagram-union-of-building-and-landscape/37758/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-04-08T12:00:52-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ellen Dunham-Jones: The Irrational Exuberance of Rem Koolhaas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Ellen Dunham-Jones assesses the protean career of Rem Koolhaas and his provocative efforts to marry art and capitalism, radicalism and pragmatism, icon-making and city-making.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Ellen Dunham-Jones assesses the protean career of Rem Koolhaas and his provocative efforts to marry art and capitalism, radicalism and pragmatism, icon-making and city-making.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-04-02T10:54:22-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Arturo Soto & Aaron Rothman: Blind Views: Photographs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a portfolio by Mexican photographer Arturo Soto, focusing on the visual infrastructure of the street, the unremarkable environs of everyday life.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a portfolio by Mexican photographer Arturo Soto, focusing on the visual infrastructure of the street, the unremarkable environs of everyday life.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-03-28T12:07:36-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[James Barilla: My Backyard Jungle]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, James Barilla writes about the process of turning his backyard in Columbia, South Carolina, into certified wildlife habitat.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, James Barilla writes about the process of turning his backyard in Columbia, South Carolina, into certified wildlife habitat.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-03-25T12:41:47-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Mark Feldman: Illuminating the Petrochemical Landscape]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Mark Feldman reviews collaborative projects that blend photography with environmental activism, including <em>Petrochemical America</em> and <em>Arctic Voices</em>.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Mark Feldman reviews collaborative projects that blend photography with environmental activism, including <em>Petrochemical America</em> and <em>Arctic Voices</em>.]]></media:description>
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<dc:date>2013-03-19T11:51:44-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Simon  Sadler: Steve Jobs versus Rem Koolhaas]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Simon Sadler finds provocative common ground in the extraordinary careers of Steve Jobs and Rem Koolhaas, both driven "to learn about the world through the attempt to change it."]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Simon Sadler finds provocative common ground in the extraordinary careers of Steve Jobs and Rem Koolhaas, both driven "to learn about the world through the attempt to change it."]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/steve-jobs-versus-rem-koolhaas/37722/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-03-12T11:06:59-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Arjun Appadurai: Housing and Hope: The Future as Cultural Fact]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Arjun Appadurai explores the global challenges of housing in megacities, and argues for the relationship of secure housing to human dignity and full citizenship.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Arjun Appadurai explores the global challenges of housing in megacities, and argues for the relationship of secure housing to human dignity and full citizenship.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/housing-and-hope-the-future-as-cultural-fact/37707/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-03-05T10:41:29-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ University of Minnesota: Public Interest Design Week at the University of Minnesota College of Design]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The first Public Interest Design Week will be hosted by the University of Minnesota on their Minneapolis campus, March 19 &ndash; 24; keynote speakers include Michael Kimmelman, Krista Donaldson and Liz Ogbu.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The first Public Interest Design Week will be hosted by the University of Minnesota on their Minneapolis campus, March 19 &ndash; 24; keynote speakers include Michael Kimmelman, Krista Donaldson and Liz Ogbu.]]></media:description>
<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/public-interest-design-week/37726/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-03-04T18:11:24-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ MIT: Center for Advanced Urbanism Opens at MIT]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Center for Advanced Urbanism, a new research initiative within the School of Architecture + Planning, seeks to address issues of 21st-century urbanism through multidisciplinary approaches.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The Center for Advanced Urbanism, a new research initiative within the School of Architecture + Planning, seeks to address issues of 21st-century urbanism through multidisciplinary approaches.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/mit-announces-center-for-advanced-urbanism/37719/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-03-01T13:33:08-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer: Client and Architect: Readings in Architecture Criticism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a republication of Mariana Van Rensselaer's 1890 essay on the architect and the client, and the need for the "reciprocal loyalty from which alone can grow a truly national art."]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a republication of Mariana Van Rensselaer's 1890 essay on the architect and the client, and the need for the "reciprocal loyalty from which alone can grow a truly national art."]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/client-and-architect-architecture-criticism/37695/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-28T12:40:53-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Alexandra Lange: Mariana Van Rensselaer and the Rise of Architecture Criticism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Alexandra Lange explores the ongoing relevance of the late 19th-century writings of Mariana Van Rensselaer, one of the pioneers of architecture criticism in America.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Alexandra Lange explores the ongoing relevance of the late 19th-century writings of Mariana Van Rensselaer, one of the pioneers of architecture criticism in America.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/mariana-van-rensselaer-architecture-criticism/37694/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-25T11:53:49-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ken McCown: Creatures of Helsinki: Photographs]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow of photographs by Ken McCown highlighting the "creatures of Helsinki" &mdash; the myriad animals, crafted of stone or wood, that adorn the architecture of the Finnish capital.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a slideshow of photographs by Ken McCown highlighting the "creatures of Helsinki" &mdash; the myriad animals, crafted of stone or wood, that adorn the architecture of the Finnish capital.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/creatures-of-helsinki-photographs/37610/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-21T12:27:28-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Daniel Brook: A History of Future Cities: The Rise of New Shanghai]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Daniel recounts the fast-forward and often ruthless reinvention of Shanghai &mdash; its transformation from moth-balled relic of Maoism to one of the world's most dynamic and contradictory cities.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Daniel recounts the fast-forward and often ruthless reinvention of Shanghai &mdash; its transformation from moth-balled relic of Maoism to one of the world's most dynamic and contradictory cities.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/the-rise-of-new-shanghai/37674/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-18T12:58:56-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ Pratt Institute: Planning Professor Ronald Shiffman Receives APA and Rockefeller Awards]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The American Planning Association and Rockefeller Foundation recognize  Shiffman&rsquo;s 50 years as a city planner, and his work providing program  and organizational development assistance to community-based groups in  low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The American Planning Association and Rockefeller Foundation recognize  Shiffman&rsquo;s 50 years as a city planner, and his work providing program  and organizational development assistance to community-based groups in  low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/ronald-shiffman-receives-two-major-awards/37687/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-14T14:30:49-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Mitchell Schwarzer: The Emergence of Container Urbanism]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Mitchell Schwarzer charts the rise of container urbanism from the mid 20th century to now, focusing especially on the dynamic potential of repurposed shipping containers to shape a new kind of city life.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Mitchell Schwarzer charts the rise of container urbanism from the mid 20th century to now, focusing especially on the dynamic potential of repurposed shipping containers to shape a new kind of city life.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/the-emergence-of-container-urbanism/37672/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-12T11:41:39-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Armando Carbonell: Nowhere and Everywhere: Photographs of the Colorado River Delta]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, planner Armando Carbonell explores, in aerial photographs, the fragile yet resilient landscapes of the Colorado River Delta.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, planner Armando Carbonell explores, in aerial photographs, the fragile yet resilient landscapes of the Colorado River Delta.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/photographs-of-the-colorado-river-delta/37634/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-07T12:11:59-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ Woodbury University: Photos by Catherine Opie at Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The Julius Shulman Institute will present <em>Catherine Opie: In &amp; Around L.A.</em> at Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery, February 16 &ndash; March 24.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The Julius Shulman Institute will present <em>Catherine Opie: In &amp; Around L.A.</em> at Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery, February 16 &ndash; March 24.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/catherine-opie-show-at-woodbury-university/37673/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-06T13:15:42-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[D.J. Waldie: Beautiful and Terrible: William Garnett’s Lakewood]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, D.J. Waldie explores the relationship between aerial photography and the postwar suburban boom, a relationship at once materialistic and transcendent, "beautiful and terrible."]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, D.J. Waldie explores the relationship between aerial photography and the postwar suburban boom, a relationship at once materialistic and transcendent, "beautiful and terrible."]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/beautiful-and-terrible-william-garnetts-lakewood/37655/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-02-04T12:12:55-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Kristi Dykema Cheramie & Michael Pasquier: The Lost Graves of the Morganza Floodway]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Kristi Dykema Cheramie and Michael Pasquier tell the story of a small Louisiana church relocated by Mississippi River engineers so the area could be designated as floodable territory.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Kristi Dykema Cheramie and Michael Pasquier tell the story of a small Louisiana church relocated by Mississippi River engineers so the area could be designated as floodable territory.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/lost-graves-of-the-morganza-floodway/37618/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-31T12:56:54-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Places Editors: 14th Annual Arquine Conference: Space]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 14th annual conference, hosted by the art, architecture and design magazine <em>Arquine</em>, will be held March 11&ndash;12 in Mexico City.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The 14th annual conference, hosted by the art, architecture and design magazine <em>Arquine</em>, will be held March 11&ndash;12 in Mexico City.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/14th-annual-arquine-conference-space/37662/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-30T12:23:28-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[ University of Manitoba: Atmos Symposium on Ecology and Design at the University of Manitoba]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The fifth annual symposium, February 7&ndash;9, will feature keynote speakers Jennifer Siegal, David Gersten, Maria Aiolova, Mark DeKay, Matt Kondolf and Kai-Uwe Bergmann.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[The fifth annual symposium, February 7&ndash;9, will feature keynote speakers Jennifer Siegal, David Gersten, Maria Aiolova, Mark DeKay, Matt Kondolf and Kai-Uwe Bergmann.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/atmos-symposium-university-of-manitoba/37661/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-29T15:16:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Richard Campanella: Balancing America's (Sediment) Budget: Beneficial Use]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Richard Campanella argues that the promethean geo-engineering of our river systems has resulted in the catastrophic erosion of our coasts &mdash; and proposes one potential solution.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Richard Campanella argues that the promethean geo-engineering of our river systems has resulted in the catastrophic erosion of our coasts &mdash; and proposes one potential solution.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/beneficial-use-sediment/37651/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-28T12:06:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Reinhold Martin: Public and Common(s)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Reinhold Martin explores the philosophical understandings of the terms <em>public</em> and <em>commons</em>, from the 20th-century treatises of Arendt and Habermas to recent books by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Reinhold Martin explores the philosophical understandings of the terms <em>public</em> and <em>commons</em>, from the 20th-century treatises of Arendt and Habermas to recent books by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/public-and-commons/37647/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-24T12:07:20-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Nancy Levinson: After the Storm: Climate Change and Public Works]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Nancy Levinson argues that the accelerating crisis of climate change suggests a newly intensified political agenda for design activism.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Nancy Levinson argues that the accelerating crisis of climate change suggests a newly intensified political agenda for design activism.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/climate-change-and-public-works/37648/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-21T11:50:53-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Jill Desimini: Cartographic Grounds: Projecting the Landscape Imaginary]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, landscape architect Jill Desimini explores a range of cartographic practices, from a medieval map of the British Isles to contemporary data visualization.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, landscape architect Jill Desimini explores a range of cartographic practices, from a medieval map of the British Isles to contemporary data visualization.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/cartographic-grounds-exhibition/37632/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-17T11:30:32-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Shannon Mattern: Paju Bookcity and South Korea’s Digital Future]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Shannon Mattern visits Paju Bookcity in South Korea&mdash; a special economic zone dedicated to books &mdash;and high-style architecture &mdash; now being remade for the digital era.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Shannon Mattern visits Paju Bookcity in South Korea&mdash; a special economic zone dedicated to books &mdash;and high-style architecture &mdash; now being remade for the digital era.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/paju-book-city-south-korea/37611/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-14T12:05:02-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Adelheid Fischer: What Falls to Hand: Frugal Innovation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, Adelheid Fischer examines the potential of <em>jugaad</em> &mdash; the Indian practice of doing more with less &mdash; to "frame a global philosophy of sustainable innovation,"]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, Adelheid Fischer examines the potential of <em>jugaad</em> &mdash; the Indian practice of doing more with less &mdash; to "frame a global philosophy of sustainable innovation,"]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/frugal-innovation/37595/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-08T12:12:36-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[David Heymann: My Beautiful City: An Architect in Austin]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[On Places, a personal essay by David Heymann, on Austin then and now, and a heartbreak of a house commission; with an audio recording by the author.]]></description>
<media:description><![CDATA[On Places, a personal essay by David Heymann, on Austin then and now, and a heartbreak of a house commission; with an audio recording by the author.]]></media:description>
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<link>http://places.designobserver.com/feature/my-beautiful-city-architect-in-austin/37598/</link>
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<dc:date>2013-01-02T12:52:01-05:00</dc:date>
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